Půta III of Častolovice (also known as ''Puota the Younger of Czastolowitz''; cz, Půta III. z Častolovic or ; d. 1434 in
Pressburg) was a member of the Bohemian Častolowitz family. He was
Landeshauptmann
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and later pledge lord of the
County of Kladsko
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and the Duchies of
Ząbkowice Śląskie
Ząbkowice Śląskie ( ; german: link=no, Frankenstein in Schlesien; szl, Ślůnske Zůmbkowicy) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Ząbkowice Śląskie County and of a local municipality called ...
and
Münsterberg.
Life
His parents were
Půta II of Častolovice
Půta II of Častolovice (also known as ''Půta the Elder''; first name sometimes spelled as ''Puota'' or ''Puotha'', last name sometimes spelled as ''Častolowitz'' or ''Czastolowitz''; cz, Půta II. z Častolovic; d. after 1402) was an east Bohe ...
and Anna, a daughter of Duke
Jan II of Oświęcim. Like his father, he owned the Lordship of
Častolovice and other territories in eastern
Bohemia
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.
Půta was initially a supporter of the
Hussites
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, but soon turned into one of their fiercest opponents. Probably because of the zeal he distinguished himself with in this war, King
Sigismund Sigismund (variants: Sigmund, Siegmund) is a German proper name, meaning "protection through victory", from Old High German ''sigu'' "victory" + ''munt'' "hand, protection". Tacitus latinises it '' Segimundus''. There appears to be an older form of ...
of Bohemia appointed him in 1422 as royal governor of the
County of Kladsko
The County of Kladsko ( cs, Kladské hrabství, german: Grafschaft Glatz, pl, Hrabstwo kłodzkie) was a historical administrative unit within Bohemia as a part of the Kingdom of Bohemia and later in the Kingdom of Prussia with its capital at Kł ...
and the district of
Ząbkowice Śląskie
Ząbkowice Śląskie ( ; german: link=no, Frankenstein in Schlesien; szl, Ślůnske Zůmbkowicy) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Ząbkowice Śląskie County and of a local municipality called ...
. In 1424, Půta concluded an alliance with Duke
John I of Münsterberg
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He was the second son of Duke Bolko III of Münsterberg by his wife Euphemia, daughter ...
against the Hussites. This was probably the reason why the Hussites attacked Kladsko and Silesia in December 1425. In 1426, Sigismund sold the mint right in Kladsko to Půta. In 1427, Půta fought with a Silesian army in eastern Bohemia against the Hussites. In 1428, Půta fought in the battle of
Stary Wielisław, where Duke John I was killed. Münsterberg fell as a completed fief to King Sigismund, who mortgaged it to Půta on 13 August 1429. In 1431, he also mortgaged the County of Kladsko and the district of
Ząbkowice Śląskie
Ząbkowice Śląskie ( ; german: link=no, Frankenstein in Schlesien; szl, Ślůnske Zůmbkowicy) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Ząbkowice Śląskie County and of a local municipality called ...
to him. In 1434, he enfeoffed him with the Duchy of Münsterberg.
Půta carried out several diplomatic missions for King Sigismund. Shortly before his death, he accompanied envoys from the
Council of Basel
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to Sigismund's court.
Půta's political aim was to create a territory for his family on both sides of the border between Silesia and eastern Bohemia. In 1396, he married Anna of Koldice (d. 1467), a daughter of governor
Albert
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of the
Duchy of Jawor
Duchy of Jawor ( pl, Księstwo Jaworskie, german: Herzogtum Jauer) was one of the Duchies of Silesia established in 1274 as a subdivision of the Duchy of Legnica. It was ruled by the Silesian Piasts, with its capital at Jawor in Lower Silesia.
...
. This marriage created favourable conditions for his goal.
Půta III died in 1434 without a male heir. He left three underage daughters:
* Anna, married in 1446 to Ulrich of Zajíc of Hasenburg
* Catherine (d. before 1467), married:
*# in 1441 or 1442 to Heralt II of Líšničtí, a member of the noble Kunštát family
*# in 1447 to John Zajíc of Hasenburg, who after Catherine's death remarried to a daughter of Duke
Wencelaus II[Pavel Sedláček: ''Vztahy mezi Kladskem a Frankenštejnskem ve 14. a 15. stoleti'', in: ''Kladský sborník'', vol. 2, 1998, p. 117–123, esp. p. 121]
* Salome (d. 1489), married around 1442 to Duke
William, Duke of Opava
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Life
His parents were Przemk ...
of
Opava
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, a nephew of Duke John I
Půta's widow Anna, who held the mortgage bonds for Kladsko, Ząbkowice Śląskie and Münsterberg, administered her estates together with governor Marquard Ahrlik of
Międzylesie
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. After negotiating with several interested parties, she sold her possessions to
Hynek Krušina of Lichtenburg
Hynek Krušina of Lichtenburg (also: ''Henry Kruschina of Lichtenburg'', in cz, Hynek Krušina IV. z Lichtenburka; 1392 – 4 March 1454, Kłodzko ( cs, Kladsko, german: Glatz)) was a Hussite commander and governor and lien holders of the Cou ...
, who also took over her burdensome debts and the obligation to raise her daughters in style. Three weeks later, he married her.
References
* Ludwig Petry ''et al.'': ''Geschichte Schlesiens'', vol. 1: ''Von der Urzeit bis zum Jahre 1526'', 5th revised edition, Thorbecke, Sigmaringen, 1988, , p. 185–201
* Arno Herzig and Małgorzata Ruchniewicz: ''Geschichte des Glatzer Landes'', DOBU-Verlag, Hamburg, 2006, , pp. 53–57, 78
* Hugo Weczerka (ed.): ''Handbuch der historischen Stätten — Schlesien'', in the series ''Kröners Taschenausgabe'', vol. 316, Kröner, Stuttgart, 1977, , pp. 97 and 117
* Pavel Sedláček: ''Vztahy mezi Kladskem a Frankenštejnskem ve 14. a 15. stoleti'', in: ''Kladský sborník'', vol. 2, 1998, , p. 117–123, esp. p. 118–119
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1434 deaths
14th-century people from Bohemia